Books Details
Author : Etaf Rum Pages : pages Publisher : HarperAudio Language : eng ISBN-
10 : B07MVKVXX6 ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
This debut novel by an Arab-American voice,takes us inside the lives of
conservative Arab women living in America.In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya
is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn?t want to get married, her
grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya?s mother, Isra,
also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry Adam. Though
Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from
a mysterious, yet familiar-looking woman makes Deya question everything she
was told about her past. As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya
and Isra, she begins to understand the dark, complex secrets behind her
community.
